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2015
Jul 14, 2015
Leadership
Firing Clients
Jul 8, 2015
Leadership
The Extra Mile
Jul 4, 2015
Leadership
Empowering Leadership
Jul 3, 2015
Leadership
Startup Integrator Fail
Jul 1, 2015
Leadership
My Mistakes of the Last Year
2014
Nov 19, 2014
Leadership
On Focusing
Oct 26, 2014
Leadership
Being a Good Boss
Oct 20, 2014
Leadership
Articles on Leadership
Oct 16, 2014
Leadership
Compensating Early Employees
Oct 12, 2014
Leadership
Working on Raw Personal Attributes
Oct 8, 2014
Culture
Building a Bootstrap-Minded Team
Sep 28, 2014
Culture
Winning Hearts Through Culture
Sep 23, 2014
Culture
Variable Compensation
Sep 20, 2014
Engineering
Tech Entrepreneurs Should Learn Programming Languages
Sep 19, 2014
Leadership
Thoughts on James Altucher’s Leadership Lessons
Sep 18, 2014
Leadership
Cheat Sheet Phrases for Crucial Conversations
Sep 16, 2014
Culture
Startup Transparency
Aug 22, 2014
Leadership
Condescending Statements to Avoid
Aug 21, 2014
Leadership
One of the Hardest Things to Get Right for Entrepreneurs
Aug 14, 2014
Culture
Worst Case Scenario Analysis
Aug 10, 2014
Leadership
Corporate Processes for Startups
Aug 5, 2014
Culture
Ego
Aug 1, 2014
Engineering
Transition Plan to Move ArrayFire to Open Source
Jul 22, 2014
Culture
Our Draft Core Values
Jul 21, 2014
Culture
Valuing Company Retreats
Jul 20, 2014
Culture
Extra Honesty Opens Doors and Hearts
Jul 14, 2014
Culture
You Can’t Be Too Nice; You Own A Company
Jul 3, 2014
Leadership
A Swift Kick In The Pants
Jul 1, 2014
Culture
How To Determine Startup Metrics To Track
Jun 30, 2014
Culture
How To Set Company Culture
Jun 29, 2014
Leadership
Do You Test Personality Types On Your Team?
Jun 28, 2014
Culture
Admitting When Things Aren’t Working
Jun 23, 2014
Leadership
Doing Painful Things First
Jun 16, 2014
Leadership
Fragility of Startups Over $1 Million in Revenue
Jun 13, 2014
Leadership
Calendly Trumps ScheduleOnce
Jun 7, 2014
Leadership
What Regular Written Updates Do You Do?
Jun 5, 2014
Leadership
The 8 Dimensions of Leadership Test
Jun 4, 2014
Engineering
Coding Is Emotional
Jun 2, 2014
Leadership
Hide of an Amardillo
May 30, 2014
Leadership
Thoughts on Crucial Conversations
May 27, 2014
Leadership
Being Genuine
May 25, 2014
Leadership
Hiring Detectives for Business Purposes
May 24, 2014
Leadership
Cancelling a Commitment
May 22, 2014
Engineering
Finding & Poaching Our First Employee
May 14, 2014
Leadership
Principles, Processes, & Preferences
May 13, 2014
Leadership
Just Throw Money At It
May 8, 2014
Events
9 Whys That Explain Behavior
May 7, 2014
Events
EO Global Leadership Conference Day 1
May 5, 2014
Leadership
ArrayFire Rebranding Mission Accomplished
May 4, 2014
Culture
Degrees of Interleaving Work and Life
Apr 29, 2014
Leadership
The Elements of a Great Management Team Meeting
Apr 27, 2014
Leadership
Startup CEOs
Apr 23, 2014
Leadership
The Two Functions of Leadership
Apr 20, 2014
Events
Startup Mentorship Opportunities in Atlanta
Apr 16, 2014
Education
Estimate the Number of Tires Sold Yearly Worldwide
Apr 5, 2014
Leadership
Newbie Startup Founders Go From Bad to Amazing in a Few Years
Apr 1, 2014
Leadership
I Wrote About That Before
Mar 30, 2014
Culture
10 Things That Are Not Really Impressive
Mar 20, 2014
Leadership
Lucky and Successful Attributes
Mar 19, 2014
Leadership
Team Loyalty
Mar 18, 2014
Leadership
Reader Feedback on Two Recent Posts
Mar 17, 2014
Leadership
Hand-written Letters
Mar 16, 2014
Leadership
Reading Body Language
Mar 15, 2014
Leadership
Managing Things to be Manageable
Mar 9, 2014
Leadership
Founders Need Good Peer Groups
Mar 8, 2014
Leadership
Dreams, Goals, and Expectations
Mar 5, 2014
Leadership
Presenting To A Small Group
Mar 3, 2014
Leadership
Getting Mad
Feb 27, 2014
Leadership
Homeless
Feb 24, 2014
Leadership
Compensating Salespeople
Feb 15, 2014
Culture
Staying Calm
Feb 12, 2014
Culture
Accountability
Feb 10, 2014
Leadership
Forgiveness
Feb 9, 2014
Leadership
Negotiation’s Numbers
Feb 8, 2014
Leadership
Making Stuff Happen
Feb 5, 2014
Leadership
Authentic Leadership
Feb 4, 2014
Leadership
The Carefulness of Well-Seasoned Leadership
Feb 3, 2014
Leadership
Handling Uncertainty
Feb 2, 2014
Leadership
Tips to Making a Great Presentation
Jan 28, 2014
Leadership
Hard Things to Delegate
Jan 27, 2014
Culture
Holacracy and Delegation
Jan 24, 2014
Leadership
The Startup Integrator
Jan 23, 2014
Leadership
Simple Ground Rules for Startups
Jan 18, 2014
Leadership
The Pig Test
Jan 17, 2014
Engineering
Super Successful Companies in Technical Computing Tools
Jan 14, 2014
Leadership
Busyness Is Off-Putting
Jan 13, 2014
Fundraising
Despite Being A Cash-Strapped Startup, Never Skimp On This
Jan 11, 2014
Leadership
Laws of Startups
Jan 3, 2014
Leadership
Attracting Former Colleagues as a Measure of Leadership
2013
Dec 30, 2013
Culture
On Hitting Startup Rhythm
Dec 25, 2013
Leadership
On Nervousness
Dec 22, 2013
Leadership
Everyday Systems
Dec 21, 2013
Engineering
Debugging Software
Dec 13, 2013
Engineering
Doings Things Right vs Doing Things Fast in Software Development
Dec 10, 2013
Education
Goals Are For Losers
Dec 9, 2013
Culture
Employee Magnetism vs Retention
Dec 4, 2013
Culture
Remove Hidden Wedges and Employee Retention
Nov 3, 2013
Culture
On Outbound Poaching
Nov 2, 2013
Culture
On Inbound Poaching
Oct 30, 2013
Leadership
Saying No for Early Entrepreneurs
Oct 29, 2013
Education
The Johari Window
Oct 18, 2013
Education
Digging to the Root Issue
Oct 14, 2013
Engineering
“I’m Not Technical” is Uncool
Oct 12, 2013
Education
Question Asking
Oct 11, 2013
Education
Starting Right and Following Through
Oct 9, 2013
Culture
The Principle of Gratitude for Startups
Oct 8, 2013
Culture
Good Timber Comes from Hardship
Oct 7, 2013
Culture
Honoring a Deal
Oct 6, 2013
Culture
Business Ethics for Startups
Oct 5, 2013
Education
Startup Founders Should Answer the Phone
Oct 4, 2013
Culture
Fourth Step to Implement EOS: Scorecard
Oct 3, 2013
Leadership
Timers for Meetings
Oct 2, 2013
Culture
Quarterly Offsite Planning Meetings
Sep 26, 2013
Leadership
Defending Turf
Sep 21, 2013
Culture
Spirit of a Pirate, Execution of a Navy SEAL
Sep 18, 2013
Culture
Optimistically Pessimistic
Sep 11, 2013
Engineering
Non-Engineers Managing Engineers
Aug 29, 2013
Engineering
Messy Code Bases Are Like Messy Kitchens
Aug 28, 2013
Leadership
Finding Time to Think
Aug 27, 2013
Ideas
Working On (Not In) Your Startup
Aug 23, 2013
Culture
Third Step to Implement EOS: Meeting Rhythm
Aug 22, 2013
Culture
Second Step to Implement EOS: Rocks
Aug 21, 2013
Culture
First Step to Implement EOS: The Accountability Chart
Aug 20, 2013
Culture
Entrepreneurial Operating System
Aug 18, 2013
Education
The Steve Jobs Movie
Aug 13, 2013
Education
Startup Blindspots from Quora
Aug 11, 2013
Fundraising
Startup Lessons from Pioneers on Resourcefulness
Aug 3, 2013
Leadership
Stay a Dog, Don’t Become a Cat
Jul 31, 2013
Leadership
Startup Lessons from Martha Washington
Jul 30, 2013
Education
Survivorship Bias
Jul 21, 2013
Leadership
Startup Momentum and an Even Keel
Jul 18, 2013
Culture
Focus and Execution
Jul 16, 2013
Leadership
Resolving Concerns as a Step of the Commitment Pattern
Jul 15, 2013
Leadership
Following-Up
Jul 14, 2013
Leadership
Invite to Commit
Jul 13, 2013
Leadership
Finding Out as a Step of the Commitment Pattern
Jul 12, 2013
Leadership
Educate as a Step of the Commitment Pattern
Jul 11, 2013
Leadership
Helping Prospects Recognize Value Proposition
Jul 10, 2013
Leadership
Building Relationships of Trust
Jul 9, 2013
Leadership
The Commitment Pattern
Jul 6, 2013
Leadership
Leadership is Temporary, Followership is Forever
Jun 24, 2013
Engineering
Training New Employees
Jun 22, 2013
Culture
Google’s Thoughts on Hiring
Jun 12, 2013
Education
Book Review: Never Eat Alone
Jun 8, 2013
Culture
Expressing Disappointment
May 28, 2013
Leadership
A Dirty Trick to Learn a Hiring Prospect’s Salary
May 27, 2013
Culture
Ideals Are Stars Not Sticks
May 20, 2013
Leadership
Recognizing Perverse Incentives in Standard Business Situations
May 19, 2013
Culture
Company Dashboards
May 6, 2013
Education
The Impressiveness of Non-Tech Startup Founders
May 3, 2013
Leadership
Handling Little Things and Managing Time
Apr 24, 2013
Education
Entrepreneur Personality Types
Apr 23, 2013
Education
The Difference Between Introverts and Extroverts
Apr 22, 2013
Education
ATDC 2013 Startup Showcase and Graduation
Apr 21, 2013
Events
Conference Crashing
Apr 20, 2013
Culture
Limiting Factors
Apr 19, 2013
Culture
Full of Spring
Apr 14, 2013
Culture
Vocabulary
Apr 13, 2013
Culture
Thoughts on Keeping People
Apr 3, 2013
Culture
Touching Moments in a Time of Transition
Apr 2, 2013
Leadership
Peer Review for Bootstrapped Startups
Mar 30, 2013
Leadership
Decline of Management
Mar 23, 2013
Education
MBAs and Startups
Mar 11, 2013
Culture
Delegation
Mar 10, 2013
Culture
Recharging
Mar 9, 2013
Culture
Crunch Times
Feb 24, 2013
Education
How to Handle Startup Advice
Feb 22, 2013
Events
The Inspiring Story of BrightWhistle
Feb 21, 2013
Leadership
Fish with Multiple Lines
Feb 7, 2013
Culture
Habits as a Competitive Advantage for Startups
Feb 6, 2013
Leadership
The Benefits of Trouble
Feb 1, 2013
Education
Lifelong Learning as a Substitute for School
Jan 26, 2013
Leadership
Story-Telling as a Vital Skill
Jan 25, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Better
Jan 23, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Excellent
Jan 21, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Clear
Jan 18, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Upbeat
Jan 1, 2013
Leadership
Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels